cope.

Definition of cope. in English English dictionary: live
I can't live in a world without you.; The top part of a sand casting mold; To clip the beak or talons of a bird; To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal; A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone and sloped to carry off water; To cover (a joint or structure) with coping
I wanted to become a finish carpenter, but I just couldn't cope.; Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle; A long, loose cloak worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions; {f} manage in spite of difficulty; struggle successfully; {v} to contend, strive, oppose, point, cover; {n} a priest's cloak, hood, concave arch, hill; To deal effectively with something difficult, (often cope with); To make return for; to requite; to repay; To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter; filing-down a hawk's overgrown beak and/or talons to sharpness; acronym for the Committee on Political Education that is the political wing of the organization and is used to further political action and legislative agendas; The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold; A vestment of dignity which may be worn by any order of the clergy, but is usually thought of as being worn by a bishop, along with his miter The cope is a long and heavy semicircular cloak of rich material, generally matching other vestments in the color of the season; Upper or topmost section of a mold, flask or pattern; If a machine or a system can cope with something, it is large enough or complex enough to deal with it satisfactorily. New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects The speed of economic change has been so great that the tax-collecting system has been unable to cope. a long loose piece of clothing worn by priests on special occasions; come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"; come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day; A cope is a cape-like garment with a hood that originated in medieval times Clergy sometimes wear a cope instead of a chasuble or at services in which they would not normally wear a chasuble; It is worn in processions and on some other occasions; To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk); a semicircular vestment (cape) worn over the alb or surplice; To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; usually followed by with; To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow; To cut or shape the end of a molded wood member so it will cover and fit the contour of an adjoining piece of molding; hooded cloak, sometimes with sleeves, worn for protection against rain; A covering for the head; brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; Cadena de Ondas Populares Españoles; An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp; To bargain for; to buy; A full-length silk or brocade vestment like a cloak, open down the front but joined together at the neck by a brooch or band of cloth Worn except for at Mass by clergy and chanters on Sundays and feasts, by all the monks or canons on great feasts The black cope is a very simple version of the same, worn in the choir enclosure on ordinary occasions Priests concelebrating with the Bishop in a pontifical Mass wear copes; An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England; A rich vestment worn on ceremonial occasions; {i} ceremonial robe worn by a priest; any long cloak-like covering; vault, canopy; sky; To exchange or barter; If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully. It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up three children on less than three pounds a week The problems were an annoyance, but we managed to cope. = manage; a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment; To encounter; to meet; to have to do with; Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door; If you have to cope with an unpleasant situation, you have to accept it or bear it. She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money. = contend